Pantaloons and overalls



(ModeL) S. DQBLAKE. PANTALOONS AND OVERALLS.

Patented June 2, 1885.

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PANTALOONS AND OVERALLS.

SJPECIPICAI'ION forming part of Letters Patent No. 3183455, dated June2, 1885.

Application filed July 3, 1884. lModel.)

To all whont it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL Dress BLAKE, of Dallas, in the State ofTexas, have invented certain Improvemcntsin Pantaloons and Overalls, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The aim of this invention is to provide pantaloons adapted for the useof those accustomed to ride in the saddle, and for others by whom theyare subjected to severe strain and wear.

To this end it consists in a garment cut in four pieces of peculiar formunited in a peculiar manner, whereby the seat and crotch and the innersides of the legs are made of double thickness and the leg and crotchboth rendered seamless, in order that they may be worn without thediscomfort attending the use of garments in which heavy scams or weltsexist at the middle.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation ofa pair of my improved pants. Fig. 2 is arear elevation of the same.Figs. 3 and 4 are views of the two patterns or sections composing oneside of the garment. Fig. 5 is a vertical central section on the line a;a" of Fig. 2, showing the formation of the inside of the leg.

In proceeding to construct my garment I provide for each side twopatterns or blanks, A and B, of the form represented in Figs. 3 and at.These two blanks have their outer edges, c and b, of a straight orslightly curved form and adapted to be stitched to each other to formthe outside or side seam of the garment. The blank A has its upper inneredge, 0, cut of a straight or substantially straight form from the topor band downward to the crotch in the ordinary manner. Instead of beingcontinued downward in the usual form from this point, the edge of thegarment is curved upward and inward, as shown, in such manner as to forma flap or extension, (1, dc signed to he carried backward upon the rearportion of the leg, as hereinafter explained. It will be perceived thatthis extension dis curved upward so as to cover and protect in part theseat of the pantaloons, and that from this uppermost point it is curvedgradually downward toward the lower end of the leg. The usual form ofthe blank is indicated by the dotted line 6, and the portion lyingoutside of this line is the port-ion to which my invention relates. Itwill be observed that this extension is of considerable width, so as toover lap the rear portion of the leg and to give the same a doublethickness. The blank B for the rear portion of the leg has its inneredge, f, of a straight or substantially straight form from the topdownward to the crotch to produce the usual straight scam in the middleof the back of the garment. Commencing at the crotch, however, the inneredge is curved upward to form a point or proj ection,g,and curved thencedownward to the bottom of the leg. The line on which the inner edge ofthe leg is ordinarily cut is represented by the dotted line It. It willbe observed that I have extended the edge of the blank a considerabledistance upward beyond this line, thus forming the eX tension Z ofconsiderable width, designed to overlap the front portion of the leg onthe inner side.

In proceeding to form one side of the garment I unite the blanks A and Bat the outer edges in the ordinary manner. I then bring them together atthe inner edges, lapping the portion Z of the back pattern, B, over theedge of the front pattern, A, to the extent indicated by the dotted lineon. I then stitch the overlapping edge of the pattern firmly to the bodyof the opposite pattern. The result of this action is to produce a legand one side of abody in the form represented in Fig. 5, the inside ofthe leg being made of a considerable thickness, and each leg beingre-enforced or strengthened on the rear side for a considerable distance above the crotch. I next form the 0p posite side of the garment inlike manner, after which the two portions are brought together, theflaps g lapped in such manner as to produce a double thickness in thecrotch, and the two portions stitched together at the middle, throughthe crotch and along the back seam. As a result of this operation I havea garment, such as represented in Figs. 1 and 2, havinga doublethickness on the inside of the leg, in the seat, and in the crotch, andwithout the usual center scam in the seat and crotch.

A garment thus produced is not only cheap, neat, and serviceable, but ishighly advantageous in that it has no center seam to rip and no thick orprojecting surfaces at the middle to annoy the wearer.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a pair ofpantaloons, a leg, A, having its inner side and its seat re-enforced byan extension, cl, formed, as described and shown,

on one of the inner edges and lapped and stitched on the other inneredge of the same le 2. In apair of pantaloons, theleg composed of thetwo patterns A and B, having their inner edges formed with theextensions (1, e, Z,

and g, constructed and arranged to overlap, as described and shown,whereby the legs are given a double thickness in the seat and also onthe inner sides from the crotch at the lower ends.

3. A pair of pantaloons the seat of which is of double thickness,produced by extending and overlapping the inner forward edge of each legon the rear edge of the same leg in the manner described and shown.

4. In a pair of pantaloons, the leg consisting of the parts A and B, theformer having an inside extension d, and the latter an inside extensionthe two lapped and united, as

shown, whereby the garment is given a double I thickness in the crotchand in the seat. In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand this 28thday of June, 1884, in the presence of two attesting witnesses.

SAMUEL DIGGS BLAKE. Witnesses:

JOHN T. ARMS, WVM. H. SHIPLEY.

